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The following quotes were taken from a website where people can anonymously share their life experiences. Try to guess which experience they’re describing: “Every time I tell someone … they disappear from view and [I] never hear from them again.” “The one thing that bothers me the most is the lying and covering up I have to do.…I'm too embarrassed to tell my friends - but on the other hand I want...

The question of how to help the poor is the subject of endless debate. But there’s a topic within the debate that should inspire universal agreement: the importance of reducing the toll of poverty among women and girls. In a world where females comprise the majority of the over 1 billion people living in extreme poverty, and 1 in 3 American women are either poor or living on the brink,...

I. Financial Insecurity Hard-working people all over the world are living paycheck to paycheck, fearing for their financial future. What if that next paycheck doesn’t arrive? What if I get sick and can’t work for an extended period of time? What if I’m injured and lose my job? What will my family do? The vast majority of people on this planet live one paycheck away from financial disruption. (more…)